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Diary and client relations manager

Organise an executive's time and hold the relationship with their contacts.

Block code
SECR-REL
The format

Three months, two hours a day.

  • Certificate programme · 128 h
  • Two hours a day
  • 250,000 F — the same fee for all sixty
  • All in the same format, at the same fee.
The qualification

A CQP under MINEFOP accreditation.

  • Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP.
  • Awarded under MINEFOP accreditation.
  • The full programme for the same profession remains open to anyone aiming for the complete qualification.
Sessions

A new session opens every quarter.

Next intake: Monday 5 October, with enrolment open until 2 October. The following one starts on 4 January 2027.

  • First-quarter intake — enrolment closes on 2 October5 Oct.
  • Second-quarter intake — 20274 Jan.
Objectives

What you will be able to do.

  • Keep a shared diary and arbitrate between appointment requests

  • Handle travel, rescheduling and the unexpected without disrupting the day

  • Prepare files ahead of appointments

  • Organise a meeting and a business trip from start to finish

  • Write minutes and follow up on decisions

  • Qualify an incoming request and handle a complaint

  • Communicate in professional English in writing, on the phone and at reception

Programme

Four modules.

  1. Module 0132 h

    Diary management and arbitration

  2. Module 0232 h

    Organising meetings and business travel

  3. Module 0332 h

    Customer relations and request handling

  4. Module 0432 h

    Professional communication and languages

Who it is for

Who it is aimed at.

  • Learners who are at ease with people and express themselves well. Some knowledge of English is a plus; the block covers the professional English that is useful.
Afterwards

Where it leads.

  • Junior executive assistant, front-desk and customer relations officer, diary manager. This is the block that opens up roles working alongside executives.
Method

How it works.

  • Systematic alternation between short theory sessions and practical work, with most of the time spent on practice

  • Progression from simple to complex: each module builds on what was learnt in the previous one

  • Realistic role-plays drawn from Cameroonian business cases

  • Considered use of generative AI as a working tool, in line with the common core

  • Regular formative assessments and a final integrative project drawing on all four modules

Assessment

How you are assessed.

  • Formative assessment at the end of each module (graded role-play and practical exercises)

  • Practical work assessed against competency sheets

  • Final integrative project, presented and defended before the trainer

  • One graded assignment per module in the online course space

Tools

What you work with.

  • Shared calendar and online appointment booking tool

  • Video-conferencing and room booking tool

  • A lightweight CRM for contact records and history

  • A computer-assisted translation tool and an English grammar checker

  • Templates for notices of meeting, agendas and minutes

Join the next session

Ready to get started?

Sessions open every quarter. Apply now or request the detailed brochure — our advisers will get back to you.